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Diploma of Mental Health

  • Diploma

Develop the skills to work with clients experiencing a mental health illness You will learn about current approaches to mental health that focus on the person not the illness. The Diploma of Mental Health will enable you to undertake community service work that includes mental health.

Key details

Degree Type
Diploma
Duration
4 semesters full-time
Course Code
CHC53315
Intake Months
Feb, Jul

About this course

Develop the skills to work with clients experiencing a mental health illness

You will learn about current approaches to mental health that focus on the person not the illness. The Diploma of Mental Health will enable you to undertake community service work that includes mental health.

Working in the community services industry you will provide services to clients in relation to mental health issues that may include case management, referral, advocacy, individual support, and education/health promotion services.

This course will be delivered through a combination of online and on campus training.
The online delivery will be done via Collaborate sessions (on Blackboard), which are live classes run online with a lecturer taking you through the training.

Study locations

Mount Lawley

What you will learn

  • Advance communication skills
  • Complex problem solving
  • Critical thinking
  • Understanding the complexity of issues facing people with mental health issues
  • Advanced teamwork
  • Research and project development skills

Career pathways

  • Welfare Support Worker | Community Worker | Community Support Worker

Other job titles may include:

  • Mental Health Worker | Mental Health Support Worker
  • Mental Health Outreach Worker
  • Case Worker
  • Recovery Partner

Completing a qualification such as this one opens up a range of opportunities to work in Western Australia's mental health system, view potential careers on the WA Government's Mental Health Commission website.

Please note this list should be used as a guide only as job titles and qualification requirements may vary between organisations.

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